[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 34623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9319]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 2006F-0225]


Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc.; Filing of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that 
Georgia-Pacific Resins, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the 
food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
glycerol ester of tall oil rosin to adjust the density of citrus oils 
used in the preparation of beverages and to provide for the use of 
steam stripping as a purification method for producing glycerol ester 
of wood rosin, gum rosin, or tall oil rosin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clarence W. Murray III, Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 
301-436-1311.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (sec. 409(b)(5) (21 U.S.C. 348(b)(5))), notice is given that a food 
additive petition (FAP 6A4765) has been filed by Georgia-Pacific 
Resins, Inc., P.O. Box 105734, Atlanta, GA 30348. The petition proposes 
to amend the food additive regulations in Sec.  172.735 Glycerol ester 
of wood or gum rosin (21 CFR 172.735) to provide for the following: (1) 
The safe use of glycerol ester of tall oil rosin to adjust the density 
of citrus oils used in the preparation of beverages; and (2) the use of 
steam stripping as a purification method for producing glycerol ester 
of wood rosin, gum rosin, or tall oil rosin.
    The agency has determined under 21 CFR 25.32(k) that this action is 
of a type that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant 
effect on the human environment. Therefore, neither an environmental 
assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

    Dated: May 24, 2006.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. E6-9319 Filed 6-14-06; 8:45 am]
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